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About the Role

Lead and scale global product counseling and IP legal functions, advising on emerging legal and technological challenges including digital identity, biometrics, blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance, privacy-preserving technologies, and the evolving relationship between AI and human verification. Guide the company through the full product lifecycle, managing legal, regulatory, safety, and reputational risks, and overseeing global intellectual property strategy covering patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, open source, and IP risk management.

Responsibilities

Advise on complex legal and regulatory issues
Partner with technical leaders to assess and mitigate risk
Develop scalable approaches for global product launches
Lead the company’s intellectual property strategy
Manage risk assessments and disputes
Build internal processes for invention capture and compliance
Lead a high-performing global legal function
Mentor attorneys
Collaborate cross-functionally

Requirements

Strong background in intellectual property
Experience supporting globally distributed, highly regulated technology products
Technical fluency
Sound business judgment
Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments

Skills

Technical fluency
Sound business judgment
Adaptability in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments

Experience Level

10–20+ years of experience as a product, technology, or IP attorney
Senior in-house roles experience
Law firm experience

Education Level

Juris Doctor from a top-tier law school
U.S. state bar membership

About the Company

Building a human layer for the AI-driven internet
Enabling trusted identity and privacy at global scale
Tools for Humanity (TFH)